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Using blockchains to try to protect art just reduces it to currency

Unlimited Editions Using blockchains to try to protect art just reduces it to currency Rob Arcand February 26, 2018 share Image: From terra0 by Paul Seidler, Max Hampshire and Paul Kolling. Courtesy the artists. In 2013, Jeff Koons was the richest living artist in the world. His piece Balloon Dog (Orange) , which required more than ten years of labor from a team of artists and studio assistants, had just sold at Christie’s contemporary auction for a record $58.4 million , making it the single most expensive work by a living artist in history. “One of the reasons that I work in steel is d

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